This code shall be known as the "Ethics Code of the Municipality of Monroeville" and shall be hereinafter referred to as "the code."
A. 
The Monroeville Council does hereby find that the public confidence and trust in Municipal government depends on the integrity, impartiality and commitment to ethics of public officials and public employees.
B. 
The reputation and efficiency of, and public confidence and faith in, Municipal government suffer whenever the public trust is violated by an official or employee who commits an act of misconduct, attempts to realize personal financial gain or does not avoid conflicts of interest or the appearances of impropriety.
C. 
There is a need to ensure that the citizens of the Municipality of Monroeville have complete confidence in their Municipal officials and employees.
D. 
It is essential that there exists legislation to ensure that the highest standards of conduct in Municipal government will be enforced regardless of any change in Mayor and Council.
E. 
The Monroeville Council determines that every public official and public employee should:
(1) 
Put loyalty to the Municipality and to the highest moral principles above all private interests.
(2) 
Uphold the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions, all laws, statutes and regulations of the United States and all governments therein and the Home Rule Charter and all ordinances and regulations of the Municipality of Monroeville and neither condone nor be a party to their evasion.
(3) 
Give a full day's work for a full day's pay.
(4) 
Avoid conflicts of interest and strive to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest, not only being above reproach but appearing above approach.
(5) 
Never use for personal benefit confidential information obtained in the course of one's duties.
(6) 
Never give special favor or special privilege to anyone in return for any personal benefit.
(7) 
Never accept favors, gifts or benefits for oneself or a member of one's family except in situations specified in this code.
(8) 
Make no use of Municipal employment or resources for private gain or political benefit for any individual or entity or for other than official government purposes.
(9) 
Attempt to remedy or eliminate public corruption, waste and inefficiency wherever and whenever discovered.
(10) 
Demonstrate the highest standards of personal integrity, truthfulness and fortitude in all public activities.
(11) 
Strive for personal professional excellence and encourage the professional development of all public officials and public employees.
(12) 
Exercise whatever discretionary authority held to promote the public interest.
(13) 
Serve the public with respect, concern, courtesy and responsiveness and administer the public's business with professional competence, fairness, impartiality, efficiency and effectiveness, recognizing that service to the public is beyond service to oneself.
(14) 
Uphold these ethical principles, ever aware that public service and public employment are public trusts.
F. 
It is the duty of the Monroeville Council to earn and maintain for the government of the Municipality of Monroeville the reputation as a no-nonsense, honest Municipality, and, to that end, any section of this code in which the intent is in doubt should be construed in a manner that favors the public good over the convenience of the public official or employee.
A. 
It is the intent of the Monroeville Council that, as contemplated by the Legislature, this code supplements the Public Official and Employee Ethics Law[1] and, as such, is more restrictive than that Act.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Public Official and Employee Ethics Law (65 P.S. § 401 et seq.) was repealed by Act 93 of 1998. See now 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 1101 et seq.
B. 
Because public confidence and trust in Municipal government can best be sustained by assuring the people of Monroeville of the integrity and impartiality of all public officials and public employees, it is the specific intent of the Monroeville Council to remedy and eliminate public corruption, patronage, nepotism, special privileges, gifts and, as anticipated by Monroeville's Home Rule Charter, involuntary political contributing.